For a stout it's remarkably light in the mouth, some decent chocolatey hints but the alcohol burn from the high 12.5% dominates the overall taste

Nightcap. A Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Stout will do the job. The beer colors murky, brilliant black. Carbonation is oppressed and releases a thin chocolate-moussy head that spreads on the surface to half a finger's height. The foamy cap dissolves soon to the sides but is sustained as a hair-thin lace ring for long. The olfactory identity is lost: a faint nuance of roasted malt and remote coffee are all I can find here. What the hell?? Unimpressive! Ok, let me move to the gustatory constellation that hopefully blows my mind. Alright! The experience starts improving drastically. Raw chocolate, raw cacao, a bit of licorice and a note of burned wood constitute the flavor cosmos. Modest bitter black coffee joins the medley. The biggest disappointment is the wellnigh total absence of whisky although the barrel flavor is fairly intensive. Chinook brings subdued dry-grassy zinginess to the package. Complexity is wanting. The advantage is that the ABV of 12.5 % is camouflaged. The body is full. The long-lived finish is a tad edgy, showing a woody element of oak barrel, burned malt and a proposal of bitter overstayed coffee. The mouthfeel is mellow, intense, somewhat sharp and young despite being barrel aged. It's thick, oily, lip-glueing, slightly roasty and distantly woody. Not convincing. I expected more of this...